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D'you Hear There! : Daily Pipes of the Royal Navy - Richard Harris

D'you Hear There!

Daily Pipes of the Royal Navy

By: Richard Harris

Hardcover | 7 May 2026

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A unique approach to describing life at sea in the Royal Navy.

Despite the introduction of modern-day technology, Ships and Submarines of the Royal Navy still operate on the basis of main broadcast announcements, known in the Royal Navy as Pipes. Before the introduction of main broadcasts, a Crew (or Shipâs Company) would be alerted to forthcoming shipâs activity either using a Bosunâs Call (which is a small pipe or whistle) or a Bugle. Whilst those methods are still in place, and still used, a Pipe is now the term for any verbal announcement made over a shipâs main broadcast in the Royal Navy.

This book aims to translate their meanings, not simply to make the seemingly incomprehensible understandable, but also to conjure up often humorous anecdotes that provide an insight into life at sea in the RN. Each Pipe is provided with a brief description of its meaning followed by longer observation of what it meant to different members of the Shipâs Company.

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